Introduces the Cox proportional hazards model for survival analysis, covering estimation, assessment of assumptions, and interpretation using residuals.
Delves into instrumental variable approaches for optimal treatment regimes, including precision medicine and personalized recommendations, with a focus on identification conditions and robust classification-based estimators.
Explores fracture mechanics, crack growth, and the weakest link theory, emphasizing the statistical distribution of crack sizes and the significance of the largest crack in material failure.
Discusses the fundamentals of probability and stochastic processes, focusing on random variables, their properties, and applications in statistical signal processing.